A COUNCIL’S survey asking people where they want the axe to fall on services to save £25m has been branded a PR exercise by critics.

Carmarthenshire council said it has to find the savings over a three- year period and wants residents to have their say over which of its services are a priority.

The council has run a double-page questionnaire in a local weekly paper, listing potential cuts and what savings could be made.

It includes things like cuts to residential care for the elderly – offering the greatest saving of £970,000 – reducing number of hours CCTV cameras are monitored, slashing youth centres’ funding and fewer refuse collections.